Forging a New Path: Reimagining Global Food Systems
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The meticulous planning of the UN summit on food systems spanned a duration of two years. Yet, regrettably, its offerings fail to alleviate the plight of hunger-stricken families.
Within the labyrinth of the UN’s intricate framework lie myriad independent experts, or special rapporteurs, tasked with elucidating various facets of human rights. My purview, intricately intertwined with the right to food, bears witness to an unprecedented threat looming large.
For eons, the global food systems have faltered, leaving a trail of despair in their wake. The relentless onslaught of the climate crisis ravages our planet, as each passing day witnesses a lamentable decline in biodiversity, exacerbating the specter of food insecurity.
The harrowing advent of the Covid-19 pandemic served as a stark reminder of a long-standing truth—hunger, malnutrition, and famine do not stem from a dearth of sustenance but rather from the political ineptitude that shackles access to adequate nourishment.
Today, under the aegis of the secretary general, the UN convenes a summit on food systems, meticulously crafted over the span of two arduous years, wherein I served as an independent official advisor.
Let us delve into the achievements of this summit. It has, commendably, steered governmental focus towards crafting transformative national food plans. Concurrently, the preparatory phase of the summit has served as a beacon, attracting multitudes to partake in the exchange and refinement of innovative ideas aimed at revolutionizing food systems.
Alas, despite these commendable efforts, the summit’s denouement leaves many disenchanted souls in its wake, including fellow UN human rights stalwarts who contributed to its genesis. In response, myriad individuals have orchestrated a grassroots summit, a counter-mobilization of sorts, in recent days.
Tragically, the food systems summit offers governments scant resources to combat the dire ramifications of the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing food crisis. It extends a meager hand to assuage the daily struggles of individuals grappling to provide sustenance for themselves and their kin.
We must strive for betterment.
I ardently believe that the response of individuals, corporations, and governing bodies to the ongoing food crisis shall serve as the crucible wherein our future food systems are forged. The crux lies in ensuring that our response to the pandemic charts a course towards a more equitable and flourishing food paradigm posthaste.
Even amidst the throes of the pandemic, the most pressing threat to food security and nutrition did not stem from a paucity of provisions. Rather, scores found themselves deprived of sustenance or subsisting on inadequate diets due to the loss of livelihoods, shelter, and the inability to procure nutritious fare amidst dwindling resources. Famine, and the looming specter thereof, ensnared myriad communities, ensnared within the web of armed conflicts and financial instability.
Transmuting Political Will into Tangible Action
Amidst the vast expanse of the UN’s bureaucratic labyrinth, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) stands as a bastion wherein governments and individuals converge to tackle the pandemic and the concurrent food crisis head-on. The CFS emerges as the sole forum wherein governments, civil society organizations, international entities, businesses, and erudite experts coalesce to delineate global food policy directives, all under the aegis of a human rights-centric ethos. Through the Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism (CSM), grassroots organizations find a resonant voice within the hallowed chambers of the CFS. The CSM serves as an autonomous enclave, fostering collaboration amongst diverse stakeholders, ranging from food producers and labor unions to Indigenous communities and advocacy groups, thereby sculpting the contours of the CFS’s overarching policies.
The annual convocation of the CFS, slated for 11-14 October, assumes paramount importance against the backdrop of our current predicament. In an era dominated by virtual interfaces, this year’s assembly promises inclusivity, welcoming participation from organizations far and wide. It is here that governments and entities shall converge to deliberate upon the outcomes of the summit, perusing the recommendations set forth by the eminent cadre of scientific and policy luminaries. Optimistically, this rendezvous shall serve as the crucible wherein global powers unite to devise a concerted multilateral strategy to mitigate the perils of the food crisis.
The caveat lies in the tepid response from a handful of influential governments, reticent to engage in collaborative endeavors aimed at ameliorating the food crisis. Nonetheless, a burgeoning coalition, comprising governments, international bodies, grassroots movements, labor unions, and Indigenous communities, coalesces under the aegis of the “Group of the Committed,” poised to confront the looming crisis head-on. A seminal online seminar, scheduled for 30 September, shall serve as a forum wherein stakeholders deliberate upon the imperatives of a globally coordinated response, appraising extant strategies and delineating a roadmap for collective action. This discourse, open to public scrutiny, shall culminate in a final deliberation, where I have been accorded the privilege to facilitate discussions pertaining to the contours of a globally harmonized policy framework.
In times of adversity, the refrain of human rights often rings hollow, a mere platitude espoused by the echelons of power. Yet, at its core, human rights derive potency from the collective agency of the populace. Across the annals of history, individuals have banded together, galvanized by a shared vision of equitable food systems, compelling governments to heed their clarion call. Each citizen bears the onus to exert pressure upon their respective administrations, catalyzing a human rights-centric response to the food crisis. Grassroots organizations find resonance within the hallowed halls of the CSM, amplifying their voices on the global stage. National leaders, in turn, wield the mantle of the CFS to rally support for collaborative endeavors. Come October, the world shall witness whether this burgeoning political momentum translates into tangible action.